**2 Dec at 7.30 pm MOVINGÂ PARTS presents a reading of a play by Melinda Gidaly-Mayor “COFFEE & SWORDFISH”: Nella & Melissa are fast friends whose bond – & shared ability to nearly make each other pee their pants with laughter -- connects them throughout the years. When Nella's relationship with Paul tests her free-spirited approach to life, Melissa's sarcastic sense of humour cannot disguise the feelings she discovers within herself. An honest, intelligent story of female friendship in all its strengths, weaknesses, & ridiculous inside jokes.Directed by the author. AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M°: Tuileries Latest version available on the website : http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or send an e-mail to Stephanie at movingparts@orange.fr to get on Mov Parts list or to present a reading of YOUR play!

*3 Dec at 7pm.Marie-Celine Lachaud will be presenting "One day I'll go to Compostela" Answering a questionnaire about Santiago de Compostela, a woman revisits her trip one year later. Why did she go? She went for all the times she didnt go. Thats it! For hundred of miles, on foot, she followed Jack, an old English walker whom she happened to meet by chance while she was on holiday. Her parents, her daughter, a psychoanalyst, a backpack & a fairytale cape all accompany her inner journey of discovery. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel, More Info: http://www.shakespeareco.org/

*4th Dec: 7pm. At Village Voice, Michael Taylor presents: “Rembrandt's Nose: of Flesh & Spirit in the Master's Portraits” 'Taylor proves a joy to read. Hitherto a translator of French Poetry, he has made himself thoroughly at home with the art historical evidence.. & he deftly unfolds a life story... peering so keenly, Taylor does indeed touch on the quick of the art, & yet the mystery of its relation to the culture around it stays intact.' Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books. Taylor will be introduced by Adam Biro AT: Village Voice, 6 rue Princesse, 75006. M° Mabillion/St Germain de Près. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/

6 Dec- 19h Meet the artist, Aoife Desmond at the Irish Cultural Center of Paris. + from 14h to 19h, Open Studio visit.The artist-in-residence Aoife Desmond will spend the autumn exploring the relationship between nature & the urban environment in Paris, starting with the courtyard of the Centre & working outwards through surrounding streets & gardens, finally reaching the banlieue. She is interested in the points where the wild meets the manmade, in peripheral consciousness & peripheral vision. She will use drawing, walking, photography, film & installation in the making of her project. Free – in English AT : Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des irlandais, 75005 Paris

*10 December, 7pm The Sorbonne University’s « Centre d’Histoire des Systèmes de Pensée Moderne » (Université de Paris 1/ Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Shakespeare and Company are happy to invite you to the reading of Professor Wayne A. Rebhorn (University of Texas at Austin) : « Between Foundations and Ruins: Machiavelli's Prince and the Epic Tradition » Wayne A. Rebhorn is Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including The Emperor of Men's Minds: Literature and the Renaissance Discourse of Rhetoric, Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric, and Foxes and Lions : Machiavelli’s Confidence Men (winner of the Modern Language Association’s Howard R. Marraro Prize). AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel, LOTS More Info: http://www.shakespeareco.org/

11 Dec 7pm: TALK: Scott Haine author of The World of the Paris Café will speak on "Casablanca: On the Seine, Resistance in Cafes during World War II". He will show in his talk that some of the iconic scenes of resistance that we remember from the classic Bogart and Bergman movie actually took place in cafes. He has come to this conclusion after doing extensive research in the French and British archives and in the literature and philosophy of the era. The discussion will also explore Jean Paul Sartre's appreciation of the cafe as a site of philosophical reflection, engagement and resistance. AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel, More Info: http://www.shakespeareco.org/

**12 Dec 19h: Young Australian Poets book launch & reading: Claire Potter & Nicholas Manning. They will be introduced by American Poet Stephen Roderferd, who will also share a sample of his work. Claire Potter is the author of In Front of a Comma (Poet's Union, 2006) & recipient of the 2006 Young Australian Poet Award. Her second chapbook, N'ombre is published by Vagabond Press, Sydney, as part of their Rare Objects Series. Poet & writer Nicholas Manning teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Strasbourg II Marc-Bloch. His recent chapbook, entitled Novaless I-XXVI, was published in California by Achiote Press. He is the editor of the Paris-based poetry & poetics video magazine The Continental Review (http://www.thecontinentalreview.com/) AT: The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore, 22 rue Saint-Paul, 75005 Paris. M°: Saint Paul.

*13th Dec: 7pm. At Village Voice, Evelyne Block-Dano presents her biography of Marcel Proust's mother: “Madame Proust: A biography”. Alice Kaplan, the translator of “Madame Proust” will participate in the presentation."[Jeanne Proust] passed on to Marcel her own sharp tongue, her spirit of rebellion, a deep passion for reading, a brave & outspoken position on the Dreyfus affair, & the spirit of life itself. …" writes Carol Mavor. AT: Village Voice, 6 rue Princesse, 75006. M° Mabillion/St Germain de Près. http://www.villagevoicebookshop.com/

*16 Dec at 7.30 pm MOVINGÂ PARTS presents a reading of a play by Gwyneth Hughes "In the Greenhouse" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M°: Tuileries Full details on: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or send an e-mail to Stephanie at movingparts@orange.fr to get on Mov Parts list or to present a reading of YOUR play!

*17 Dec, 7pm: Award-winning writer Nora Pierce will read from The Insufficiency Of Maps published by Simon and Schuster. A young girl must discover the meaning of self and family as she struggles to find her place between two contrasting realities. As she traces Alice's journey between two cultures, Pierce asks probing questions about identity and difference, and she articulates vital truths about the contemporary Native American experience. Utterly authentic and lyrically compelling, this novel establishes Pierce as an important voice in American literature. ‘Pierce’s novel is filled with graceful images and a heart-rending story. Pierce’s descriptions of the Southwest are exquisite’. Herald Tribune AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel, LOTS More Info: http://www.shakespeareco.org/

*18 Dec : Inventaire/ Invention donne « carte blanche » à Suzanne Doppelt : lecture-projection d’images en français. It’s advised that you reserve your places, as there are only 50, via telephone at 01 42 40 33 21 or email: redaction@inventaire-invention.com. For full programme, watch http://www.inventaire-invention.com/ for updates. At: Inventaire/Invention, Folie du Canal N5, Parc de La Villette, follow along the Galerie de l’Ourq in the park—take the pedestrian walk along the galerie de la villette from the Porte de Pantin metro, then turn onto the Galerie de l’Ourq—it is the red building there, in the dark, which you can see through the windows of. It’s face à la geode.

*24 Dec, 7pm: Roy Lisker will be reciting his Christmas story ‘Sam, the Messiah Man’. It pokes gentle fun at the commercialisation of the Christmas spirit. Roy has been writing all of his adult life. While he was living in Paris in the 60s and 70s, he did translations, published a novel with Rene Julliard, worked as an editor on a magazine published by Albin Michel, and had articles published in Les Temps Modernes, the magazine directed by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. His work has been published in France, England and the United States AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel, LOTS More Info: http://www.shakespeareco.org/

A PEEK at JANUARY:

*6 Jan at 7.30 pm MOVINGÂ PARTS presents a reading of a play by A Roy Lisker presents his play: "Kangaroo Songline" AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M°: Tuileries Full details on: http://www.movingparts.org.uk/ or send an e-mail to Stephanie at movingparts@orange.fr to get on Mov Parts list or to present a reading of YOUR play!

“The OTHER WRITERS' GROUP” meets upstairs on Saturdays, 3-5pm: at Shakespeare & Co. An informal, friendly place to get feedback on your creative writing. (Poetry or prose.) Bring something of your own & 5 copies. Or just come to listen & give your reaction – what worked, what didn’t, what moved you, what made you feel "yes, that’s just how it is…" AT: Shakespeare & Company, 37 rue de la Bucherie, 75005 Paris. M°: St Michel. 5 euros. More Information at: http://www.shakespeareco.org/other_writers_group.htm

“Savoir-Faire”: 13 Dec 2007, 21 Feb & 15 May 2008: A four-part series led by published authors & illustrators of children's books Four evenings (do ALL or come for ONE) of information-packed shop talks with pros. Have you ever made up a bedtime story for a child that made them squeal with laughter or sent goosebumps scurrying up their tiny arms? If you want to know what it's like to be a professional writer or illustrator for children, then this series is for you. Come & gain some savoir-faire. Find out about their creative process. Pick up tips. Learn how to market your work. Get feedback on your ideas. & ask lots of questions. Basically, come & gain some savoir-faire. Where: WICE, 20, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75015 Paris Time:7:00-9:00 p.m Members: 6 Euros per evening Nonmembers: 8 Euros per evening. More details available on our web site (http://www.scbwifrance.com/) or via: tioka@scbwifrance.com or for more details visit http://www.wice-paris.org/

ONE on ONE manuscript Help: by published author with MFA, PhD, & 8 years of teaching & tutoring experience. Whether you just beginning & want to learn how to honor your instincts & find your voice, or whether you have a nearly finished manuscript that needs a good critique from an experienced reader, Sandy Florian offers professional, honest, insightful advice for all your writing projects at reasonable rates. Email: sandyflorian@yahoo.com Phone: 06.87.58.78.08. Instructor bio: MFA from Brown University’s Creative Writing Program, PhD in English & Creative Writing from the University of Denver. Florian is the author of Telescope (Action Books), 32 Pedals & 47 Stops (Tarpaulin Sky Press), & The Tree of No (forthcoming with Action Books). Her work appears in over 40 national & international journals including Slope, Coconut, bird dog, Diagram, & Parthenon West Review. Visit her blog at http://boxingthecompass.blogspot.com/ & see a complete vitae at https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port.detail?id=93592

May 31st – June 7th 2008: At Almàssera Vella: ‘Getting to the Next Level’ a poetry workshop with the distinguished American Poet Alfred Corn. WORKSHOP assumes students already have some ability & points out avenues to further accomplishment. Topics include rhythm, the line, metre, metaphor, visual description, & mutual support of different components of a poem.” ALFRED CORN has published 9 collections of poetry, a novel & an acclaimed collection of essays. He has received Guggenheim & NEA fellowships, an Award in Literature from the Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, & the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine. ALMASSERA VELLA is a large, village house -Relleu’s original olive press with views of a Moorish castle & surrounding mountains. £495 all inclusive (7 nights), (cheques to ‘Pemberton North SL’). Complete details: Christopher & Marisa North, Almàssera Vella, Carrer de la Mare de Deu del Miracle 56, Relleu 03578, Alicante SPAIN - (0034) 966 856003. http://www.oldolivepress.com/& christopher@oldolivepress.com

+++III) NEWS REVIEWS & REVIEWS NEWS: Calls for Work, Announcements+++

NEW WRITING GROUP: Seeking 5 writers working on a novel or memoir to form a writer's group to meet in the Marais once a week. Looking for writers who are are in the thick of it, actively writing a book & desirous of feedback, to work on their craft, etc & share resources with other dedicated writers. Would like writers with different experiences & something unique to contribute to the group dynamic. Please send an email to chauncey@girlonthestreet.com. Serious inquiries only.

LAST CALL FOR MisTranslation WORK!!!: 5th Dec deadline: The editors at http://www.drunkenboat.com/ are putting together a dossier on mistranslation, where mis is the beginning of a mistake & translation is a very broad notion (though a narrow definition is also welcome); i.e. from one national language to the next, certainly, but also from say French to French or from Bach to Fortran or from the latest presidential address to algebra--if such a thing is possible (mathematics might be offended). The work would be featured as a web-page, or series of web pages. Ideally, there would be some brief para-critical remarks elaborating the mistake, what's missing, what's added, what's gained, what's lost, & why--as well as a short biographical note on the translator/artist submitting the work (& a photograph). Work based on, or going toward non-European languages is especially appreciated. Mis-transpositions (be they into music or color or line or more bodily forms) are also much sought after. Do be in touch should you have a brilliant idea you wish to share. Please send contributions BY DEC 5th to: jean-jacques.poucel@yale.edu & Ravi Shankar shankarr@ccsu.edu

IN PARIS: “NEW Magazine” publishes once a year: 144 pages by writers, artists, photographers, & musicians in English, French & other languages. Our areas of concern are the convergence & intersections of expression & experience. Based in Paris, we publish contemporary work that demonstrates the urgent human need to make sense of the network of cultures we find in the present, our understandings of the past & our imaginings of the future. Learn more, see subscription rates, on our website: http://www.new-mag.com/ 10 euros for 3 issues !

SUBMIT MEDIA POETRY NOW: For its tenth edition (May 2009), the International Poetry Biennial is pleased to announce an International Media Poetry Contest. (in French or English) Works considered "media poetry" are those that place contemporary technologies at the service of poetry, be it within the framework of a performance or in that of a recorded & projectable work. Among the many forms accepted are included videopoetry, digital poetry, multimedia poetry, sound poetry, interactive poetry, & poetic installations in physical space or on the Internet. Works that illustrate a poem will not be considered (these are works that use sound or images to represent or complement a poem, for example). There are no restrictions regarding the form or content of the media poems submitted. Work presented shall not exceed 15 minutes & can be presented in the form CD, DVD, or on the Internet. Application: Candidates willing to submit their work to the International of Media Poetry Contest shall express their intention via email before December 31st, 2007. To do so they shall write an email to: direction@biennaledespoetes.fr The works submitted shall arrive at the Poetry Biennial's office (11 rue Ferdinand Roussel 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine France) before December 31st, 2008. If the work is online, the Internet address shall arrive via email on this date.A jury made up of ten international artists (see list below) will examine the works & will allot the Media Poetry Prize 2009. The prize winner will choose between being invited to Paris for one week with all expenses paid during the Poetry Biennial or the equivalent amount in cash.Participation in the contest automatically authorizes the Biennial to publicly exhibit submitted works. Unless otherwise specified, the copyright of the works remains with the artists.

WATCH POEMFILMS, ONLINE NOW : See Rabbit Light Movies! It is a quarterly online journal of poemfilms & has dropped an anchor at http://www.rabbitlightmovies.com/ Episode #5 is just up: Catherine Wagner, Jaswinder Bolina, Joshua Poteat, J'Lyn Chapman, Chuck Stebelton, & Stephanie Young Episode #6 will go up in January. & the prior episodes (#1-4) are archived there, as well, & links to the poets works are included. Please help spread the word. If you have any ideas, suggestions, queries, please direct them to rabbitlightmovies@gmail.com

Calls for CRITICAL WORK: for the POETS & POETRY PANEL: RESURGENCE: CYCLE / RECYCLE Resurgence 48th Annual SAES (Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur) Congressto be held in Orléans, : 16th-18th May 2008. Description: “The question of recycling in poetry allows us to confront the formal & the thematic. To our connection with the natural world we must add ourunderstanding of the metrical patterns of poetry. …+ Recycling & resurgence require us to investigate the ecology of poetry as well as the dynamics of poetic language, the (under)currents of fluid language constructs. The aim of this year’s Poets & Poetry panel is to address notions of recycling, resurgence & ecology. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): Waste; Composting; Processing/Reprocessing; Downcycling; Energy; Poets recycling themselves; Pre- & post-postmodernism; Consuming/re-consuming. You may address any type of English language poetry from any period. Papers should be no longer than 30 minutes & should be in English.” Please address your title & 300 word abstract by 1st January 2008 to: Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski, Helen Goethals & Antoine Cazé raphael.costambeys@univ-paris3.fr

ANNOUNCING: BOOK From a new press, Ariana Reines has a new book “COEUR DE LION””for you to pre-order from MAL-O-MAR http://mal-o-mar.blogspot.com/ MAL-O-MAR is a brand-new tiny press specializing in emergency literature operated by jason burns, stan maarm, & ariana reines COEUR DE LION is about love. Chris Kraus calls it "a major work" in the tradition of bernadette mayer's midwinter day MAL-O-MAR spring 2008 titles: MY HEART LAID BARE charles baudealire, THE DAY DOESN'T CARE jason burns, THANK YOU: STORIES ariana reines PLUS guerilla literacy projects in nyc vending machines. MAL-O-MAR is committed to publishing absolutely challenging literature at high speed

OUT NOW: FICTION ANTHOLOGY: “Electric Grace: Still More Fiction by Washington Area Women”. The book is $18.95 & features 42 women writers. 433pp Copies available from our site, (Paycock Press) & from Amazon.com & the Writer’s Center.

SUBMIT: Litandart.com, a new website for art and literature criticism, welcomes submissions for ongoing discussion. Litandart.com is a forum to discuss the critical and artistic direction of the humanities. Artists, theorists, writers, philosophers etc are all welcome here. Especially welcome are reviews of collabrative work (art and poetry, for instance) or critical essays that show the ties between visual art and literature. Please send a query to Hesterprinm@aol.com

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Paris-based author, Lily Robert Foley, launched her first book "M" June 25th in Paris

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One of the newest editions to the Ivy Writers Paris team, Louise Cooper, has stepped up to the challenge of maintaining Paris’ monthly calendar of literary events and calls for work. Lou is a recent graduate of the Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance in Detroit, MI where she pursued a BA in Theatre. She spent the last year backpacking through Europe and teaching in India before settling down in Paris. An au pair by day, in her spare time she hopes to explore written word as a new medium and delve into the artistic happenings here in Paris!